Fu for Thought

This week we review our first ever Michael Jai White film, Blood and Bone. We start the show by talking about Downton Abbey for far too long before I rave about Kamen Rider. Later, we ask, "What's up with Michael Jai White's pants?" and "Is Rufio allowed to say that?" before discussing Eamonn Walker's Oscar worthy performance. As per usual, we have many tangents and answer listener questions!

Episode ONE HUNDRED, baby! We made it! This week we sit down and talk about Jackie Chan's groundbreaking film, Project A. We discuss Dick Wei, Devan suggests that maybe the plot is a little convoluted and we all admire the famous clock tower stunt. Later on, we answer listener questions and tell stories about when our parents embarrassed us (I also tell a story about how I embarrassed my mum with...

Love! Tragedy! Kung fu! We cover it all on this week's episode as we reveiw our first ever Zhang Yimou film. Devan sings us a ditty and reveals her newfound love of Andy Lau, Cyrus surprises us with some sweet kimono action and I ask, "Whatever happened to Zhang Ziyi?" We also get all fancy and discuss both the film's themes and some of its more obvious metaphors. Look at us! Later on, we tackle l...

Cyrus couldn't join us this week so me and Devan jump into one of Donnie Yen's more recent films together. We go on tangents about The A-Team and Liam Neeson, we answer listener questions and even play a little music along the way. Enjoy!

Happy Holidays from the Fu crew! This week we jump back into Korean cinema and watch Asia's answer to Liam Neeson's Taken. Do we like the film? Do we LOVE them film? And most importantly, did we cry at the ending? Later on we answer all manner of listener questions and I remind Cyrus just how good Ante Up is. Enjoy!

In this week's episode, Devan, Cyrus and I right some wrongs and watch Yuen Biao's modern classic. We discuss the infamous stunt doubles, Cyrus admits that Cynthia Rothrock could take him in the fight and we posit that maybe this film would be better without Corey Yuen on screen. Later we discuss all manner of listener questions but we tackle the toughest one we've ever had: "What makes a Christma...

On this week's episode, we delve into Hong Kong fantasy with Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin and Ronny Yu. Devan has questions, Cyrus doesn't exactly love it and we all put our heads together to work out exactly what happens in the film Later we get into listener questions that features advice about a vasectomy. Enjoy! www.patreon.com/fuforthought

Are you ready for a moon dance? Cyrus, Devan and I strap ourselves in as we dissect this low budget actioner. We have things to say... We question Chuck Jeffrey's Eddie Murphy impersonation, breakdown The Killer's wardrobe and Devan expresses her hatred for magic. Is this a b movie classic or is it one to avoid? Listed and find out! Later on we answer a boatload of listener questions. Cyrus talks...

It's our Halloween episode! This week we set the martial arts aside and go full horror mode with the Korean found footage film, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum. Devan introduces Cyrus to "Spooky Scary Skeletons" (which he hates), I talk about a recent film that made me cry and change my stance on Parasite and we all ask, "What exactly happened in the asylum?" We also answer the age old question, "Can ping...

Devan didn't want to leave you all without her opinions on The Seventh Curse so she has a few brief things to go over (including where me and Cyrus were wrong). Later, we jump into a short review of Accident Man 2: Hitman's Holiday. As well as these two discussions, we discuss the racial implications of American History X and 12 Years a Slave and Devan answers some listener questions! Enjoy! Quick...

We are Devan-less this week but Cyrus and I hold the fort down pretty well (I think) as we discuss 1986's insane horror/action hybrid, The Seventh Curse. We ask. "What happened to Jessica Biel?", talk about curses and firmly state that you should never ask "Why?" when it comes to this movie.  Later on, we ask some pretty taxing listener questions. We bring up Robert De Niro, our questionable opini...

It's SPOOOOOKY season so here is the first of our supernatural episodes! Will Cyrus and Devan enjoy the hijinks of Mr. Vampire? I tell my co-hosts just how great Moon Lee is, Devan asks whether a ghost can be a succubus and Cyrus reveals that he actually laughed out loud in this one! Later, we answer listener questions that involve World of Warcraft, Death Metal and Only Fans. Enjoy!

It's Shawtember, baby! This week heading back to the land of Chang Cheh and the Venom Mob as we talking 1978's Crippled Avengers. Listen as we try desperately to sidestep the political incorrectness of Chiang Sheng's character's ailment. We ask "What do those rings on those swords do?" and Devan reveals that she doesn't care for the Venoms' empty handed fight scenes. Pure blasphemy. Later, we get...

Well ladies and gents, this episode is certainly interesting. Let's just say a certain someone has very strong opinions on this film. Do they like it? Hate it? Give it a listen to find out! We actually have three very different attitudes towards The City of Violence. As well as the movie, Devan and I discuss our visit to the dentist, we try and convince Cyrus that the new Rings of Power show is am...

We're back on the Chan train this week as discuss the Jackie Chan film Quentin Tarantino's loves above all, Supercop. Devan asks "What is a Supercop?", I use the word "skirmish" and Cyrus reveals a deep dark secret about his underwear situation. As always, we answer listener questions and basically have a grad old time!

We're down to two this week as me and Devan once again dip our toes into Thai cinema. Join us as we ask, "Is this film respectful to Austism?" and question whether the film loses something by not having the Jackie Chan/Bruce Lee footage. It's definitely a more subdued episode but we have a really good chat about the film. We also answer some listener questions and discuss how Devan is getting ever...

This episode, we tackle Jet Li's homage to Nu Metal, The One. There's a LOT to talk about when it comes to this film and we try to address it all. To Jason Statham's American accent and hairline to the science behind future guns to Carla Gugino's "mouse shoe." Later on we answer listener questions and Cyrus explains why he'd want a masked Luchador as a roommate. Enjoy!

In this week's episode, Cyrus, Devan and I not only discuss the 1979 shapes classic, Monkey Kung Fu (NOT Mad Monkey Kung Fu), but I ask them the very philosophical question, "Do you actually like kung fu movies?" After 84 episodes, I want to know whether they'd actually consider themselves a fan of the genre. I also ask whether they truly understand the magic of an old school fight scene. We get d...

This week we tackle our first Wu Jing film and what was once the highest grossing movie in Chinese history. We discuss the "country" of Africa, ask "Just how racist is this film?" and ponder the career of Frank Grillo and just how often he's been a good guy. I express my theory about how this movie should have been made in 1988, Cyrus slips into Randy Savage mode to accept a Street Fighter 6 chall...

This week, the crew is all back together and we discuss Donnie Yen's light-on-fights but heavy-on-style movie, Dragon (also known as Wu Xia). We go on LOTS of tangents on this one after we discover that this film doesn't really have that many talking points. Later, we answer listener questions. play "Fresh or Trash" (it's sweeping the nation!) and Cyrus tells us how he would buy cocaine, if he rea...

Strap yourselves in, it's going to be a wild one. This week we take a break from martial arts and Cyrus and I tackle the 2021 Taiwanese horror movie, The Sadness. We talk about the amusing reason why Devan isn't on the episode, whether a film can be both gory and deep and we throw around theories regarding how the movie ends. We also play a fun "Fresh or Trash" game I made up (stole from a You Tub...

Unfortunately, this week's episode begins with technical issues so we lose our intro. But that's ok! You come in on us talking about Uncharted and then, from that point, everything's smooth sailing. In this episode we discuss the very Power Rangers-ish The Super Inframan. We do our best to explain the science behind Inframan (which is impossible), we discuss our favorite monsters and we get utterl...

On this bonus episode, I chat it up with Tristan aka Martial Arts Film Freak about all things martial arts cinema. I ask him about his introduction to the genre, his preferred style of fight choreography and we discuss how modern action cinema is finally doing things right. And a lot more. As always, I talk too much, but it's a really fun conversation. It's always nice to sit down with a fellow ge...

Well, it finally happened. This is the first episode of the podcast where I genuinely get angry at Devan and Cyrus. I'm still annoyed, if I'm honest. Things get a little heated but soon die down as we get into the ins and outs of this underseen action fest. I ask, "Can a film have too much action?", Devan's got her usual dose of nicknames and Cyrus gets a little confused because he didn't watch th...

Devan let me and Cyrus record this episode by ourselves...which is never a good idea. There is LOTS of Street Fighter discussion (film and game), Cyrus loves the new mics because he feels like he's on a witness stand and I reveal that I finally understand Hentai. Early on, Cyrus reveals the connection between a good Christopher Walken and a good Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation and later on, we...